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      news A Patient with Prickling Boils

      Presented by:Netherlands Journal of Medicine / R.A. Douma, M. ten Wolde, P.P.A.M. van Thiel and M. van Vugt
      Summary points:A 35-year-old female presents with itchy, painful, 'prickling' boils on her buttocks 8 days after returning from rural Tanzania. Physical examination and antibiotic therapy is described; images provided. The authors discuss the diagnosis and treatment of infection with Cordylobia anthropophaga, or Tumbu-fly.
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